Beadglitz: CELLINI SPIRAL TUTORIAL

Cellini spiral is a variation of tubular Peyote, where different size and colour of beads are used to create a spiral effect.

Just by changing the arrangement of the beads the possibilities are endless, its always very hard at first, because a lot of beads and patience are always needed to create something unique.

To stitch a Cellini spiral, you need to determine a pattern for your spiral, you can use any combination of seed bead, in any size and colour you want, once you have your first row ready, the rest of the stitch is very straightforward.

Yay!!! Finally I finished my Cellini spiral design, I eventually made it into a bracelet, "biko no be everything we dey put for neck" ...lol... our hands need to do the talking too.

For this particular pattern you will need:

1. Size 1 seed bead (pink) A
2. Size 2 seed bead (light blue & deep blue) B &C
3. Size 3 seed bead (light blue) D
4. 0.25 fishing line.
5. Beading needle.

Procedure:

1. Attach a needle to a comfortable length of fish line.
2. Pick up the beads in this sequence:
6A + 4B + 2D + 4C.
3. Tie them in a circular shape at the end of the fish line leaving about a 6 inch tail, tie it three times.
4. Stitch through two of the A beads, you must begin your spiral here.
like any other peyote stitch technique, you pick up a bead, skip a bead in the base row, and stitch through the next bead, you need to do this round the base row, skipping the next bead till the end.
There’s no need to count bead or stitches, just remember to always pick up the same type of bead your fishing line is exiting through.
After you have added the last bead of that first peyote row, you will need to step up, stitch through the first raised bead, which is also the first bead you picked up in the last round.
Gently push your beadwork into a tube shape, after the third round, also, do not try to bend your beadwork to get a curve, any tubular beadwork will appear very rigid when it is short, but it will become more flexible as you add length, when it's long enough, you will be able to bend it easily.

Here are some other combinations you might like to try:
6A + 2B + 2D + 2B + 2D
6A + 4B + 2D4 + 2B

While surfing the net, I saw some really beautiful designs of cellini spiral, see them after the cut: